The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• Charles Perrault, "Bluebeard" (1.2.8; 1.26.118)
• Horace, Epistles: Book I (1.3.2)
• Pliny (1.6.3; 1.20.18)
• Milton (1.11.71)
• Shakespeare (1.11.71)
• Plato (1.18.22)
• The Venerable Bede (1.26.118)
• Epictetus (1.26.131)
• Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacrae (2.Epigraph)
• Tacitus, Annals of Rome (2.8.13-16)
• Seneca (2.11.12)
• Empedocles (2.14.49)
• Titus Livius Patavinus (Livy), Ab urbe condita (2.15.2)
• Diodorus Siculus, Posidonius, Florus, Epitome (2.15.3)
• Plutarch, Life of Marcus Licinius Crassus (2.15.6)
• Diogenes the Cynic (Diogenes Laertius), Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (2.15.7)
• Ovid (2.29.14)
• Theogonis, "Elegy—Lines 425-428" (2.37.11)
• Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum (2.15.21)
• Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy (4.12.107)
• The Stoics (4.12.95)

Greek and Roman Mythological References

• Cassiopeia (1.2.3)
• Venus (1.2.6)
• Cupid (1.2.6)
• Jove/Jupiter (1.2.9)
• Chiron (1.3.1)
• Achilles (1.3.1)
• Philomel (1.18.15)

Biblical References

• Garden of Eden  (1.1.1-4; 1.5.39; 1.19.24; 2.18.33-35; 3.14.22)
• Pentateuch/Old Testament (1.2.1)
• Jesus Christ's Crucifixion (1.11.23; 1.16.3)
• Book of Psalms (1.15.24-26)
• Psalm 66:6 (3.15.69)
• Genesis 9:27 (3.17.6)

Historical References

• Octavian/Caesar Augustus, first Emperor of Rome (1.2.3; 3.13.11)
• King George III (1.2.12)
• Queen Charlotte (1.2.12)
• Prince of Wales, George Augustus Frederick (1.2.12)
• Earl of Cheldthorpe (1.2.12)
• Gaius Maecenas (1.2.12)
• Troy (1.10.1)
• American Revolution and Taxation  (1.15.7)
• Oliver Cromwell (1.15.14)
• Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (1.20.14)
• Saint Gregory the Great (Pope Gregory I) (1.26.118)
• Somerset decision (2.12.8-10)
• Boston Tea Party (2.16)
• Constantinople (2.23.7)
• Battles of Concord and Lexington (2.31.18-19)
• The Emperor Nero (3.15.18)
• Bunker Hill (3.20.15)
• Sons of Liberty (4.9.3; 4.12.15)
• Continental Congress (4.9.13)
• Musical References
• George Frederic Handel (1.15.3)
• William Boyce  (1.15.3)
• Pietro Locatelli (1.15.3)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1.15.3)
• Christoph Gluck (1.15.3)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1.15.3)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Indes Galantes (1.26.8-16)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau, "Air pour les Esclaves Africains" (1.26.16)
• Isaac Watts, "Hymn 17" (3.15.25)
• Mathematical and Scientific References
• Pythagoras (1.15.3)
• Transit of Venus (1.20.23; 1.25)